The Game Awards has announced its nominees for 2024, as selected by a global jury of more than 130 media publications and influencer outlets.
This year’s nominees are led by ASTRO BOT and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, each with seven nominations, including Game of the Year. Sony Interactive Entertainment is this year’s most nominated publisher with 16 nominations across its combined portfolio, followed by Square Enix and Xbox Game Studios with 12 nominations each, and SEGA with 11 nominations.
Users can vote now in all categories via authenticated online voting on official website, as well via the official The Game Awards Voting Bot on Discord. Voting will end on December 11 at 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET.
The Game Awards 2024 will air live on December 12 at 4:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. ET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California with awards, world premiere announcements and trailers, musical performances by The Game Awards Orchestra led by conductor Lorne Balfe, and other surprises.
Get the full list of nominees below.
Game of the Year
Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.
Best Game Direction
Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
- ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack)
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
- Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)
Best Narrative
For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.
Best Art Direction
For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.
- ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)
- Neva (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
Best Score and Music
For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.
- ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
- Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)
- Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team / Konami Digital Entertainment)
- Stellar Blade (SHIFT UP / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Audio Design
Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.
- ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch / Activision)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
- Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team / Konami Digital Entertainment)
Best Performance
Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.
Innovation in Accessibility
Recognizing software and / or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.
Games for Impact
For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.
Best Ongoing Game
Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.
Best Community Support
Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates / patches.
Best Independent Game
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
Best Debut Indie Game
For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.
Best Mobile Game
For the best game playable on a mobile device.
Best Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.
Best Action Game
For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.
Best Action / Adventure
For the best action / adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.
- ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo)
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Monptellier / Ubisoft)
- Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team / Konami Digital Entertainment)
- Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft)
Best Role-Playing
For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.
- Dragon’s Dogma II (Capcom)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio / SEGA)
- Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)
Best Fighting
For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.
Best Family
For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.
Best Simulation / Strategy
Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.
Best Sports / Racing
For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.
Best Multiplayer
For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch / Activision)
- Helldivers II (Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintend0)
- Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II (Saber Interactive / Focus Entertainment)
Best Adaptation
Recognizing outstanding creative work that faithfully and authentically adapts a video game to another entertainment medium.
- Arcane (Riot / Fortiche / Netflix)
- Fallout (Bethesdas Softworks / Kitler Films / Amazon MGM Studios)
- Knuckles (SEGA / Paramount)
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza (SEGA / Amazon MGM Studios)
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics / Legendary / Netflix)
Most Anticipated Game
Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.
Content Creator of the Year
For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2021.
- CaseOh
- Illojuan
- Techno Gamers
- TypicalGamer
- Usada Pekora
Best eSports Game
For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.
Best eSports Athlete
The eSports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021, irrespective of game.
- 33 (Neta Shapira)
- Aleksib (Aleksi Virolainen)
- Chovy (Jeong Ji-hoon)
- Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok)
- ZyWoO (Mathieu Herbaut)
- ZmjjKk (Zheng Yongkang)
Best eSports Team
Recognizing a specific eSports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.
- Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
- Gen.G (League of Legends)
- Navi (Counter-Strike 2)
- T1 (League of Legends)
- Team Liquid (Dota 2)
